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(head)Residence Life

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Ward Manor, located in North Campus, is one of the river estates that the College acquired early in the 20th century. The spectacular building is now used as housing for upper-class students. Residents enjoy spectacular views of the nearby Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts.

The Office of Residence Life oversees Residence Directors and a staff of student Peer Counselors who support and coordinate student life in residence halls, including the organization of hall councils and the planning of residence hall programming.

Residence Halls

The more than 40 student residences vary in architectural characteristics, social style, and size. Most of the residence halls are coed, and almost half the rooms are for single occupancy. Residence halls are equipped with extension phones, Internet access, social rooms, kitchens, and laundries. Area Coordinators and Peer Counselors help students develop programs and activities and create an environment conducive to academic engagement and safe community living.

Click here to see a list of residence hall amenities.

Residence Halls

Alumni Houses
Cruger Village
Feitler House
Hirsch Hall
Robbins House
Sands House
South Hall
Stone Row
Tewksbury Hall
The Village
Tremblay Hall
Ward Manor

Dining

Students living on campus are required to be on the meal plan. Students on the meal plan enjoy the flexibility of dining at the hour of their choice in the campus dining commons. They may also use their meal card in the cafés located in the Bertelsmann Campus Center and Ward Manor residence hall and the Green Onion, an on-campus grocery store. The food service caters to vegans, vegetarians, and nonvegetarians, and offers limited kosher and halal selections.

Kline Commons
The nine Village Dorms, offer housing for Upper College students. Positioned within a forested area to be as invisible as possible, the Village Dorms were built to be ecologically friendly: energy-saving halogen lights are used in hallways and rooms, and the dorms are heated and cooled by underground wells whose temperature remains a constant 56–57 °F.

 

Wednesday,
December 3, 2008
9:45:25 pm EST

Contact
Questions about campus life should be addressed to the Office of Residence Life at 845-758-7455 or e-mail reslife@bard.edu.